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WEB5 days ago · This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 31) Singularity Hub Staff - August 31, 2024. Some Brains Develop Alzheimer’s—Others Don’t. A New Cell Map Could Explain Why. Shelly Fan - August 30, 2024.
The World in 2025: 8 Predictions for the Next 10 Years
WEBMay 11, 2015 · 1. A $1,000 Human Brain. In 2025, $1,000 should buy you a computer able to calculate at 10^16 cycles per second (10,000 trillion cycles per second), the equivalent processing speed of the human brain. 2. A Trillion-Sensor Economy. The Internet of Everything describes the networked connections between devices, people, processes and …
Nanorobots: Where We Are Today and Why Their Future Has …
WEBMay 16, 2016 · The new nano-engines could lead to nanorobots small enough to enter living cells to fight disease, the researchers say. Professor Jeremy Baumberg from the Cavendish Laboratory, who led the research, has named the devices ‘actuating nanotransducers’ (ANTs). ‘Like real ants, they produce …
Jason Dorrier, Author at Singularity Hub
WEBAug 11, 2024 · Jason Dorrier. Jason is editorial director of Singularity Hub. He researched and wrote about finance and economics before moving on to science and technology. He's curious about pretty much everything, but especially loves learning about and sharing big ideas and advances in artificial intelligence, computing, robotics, biotech, neuroscience ...
How AI Can Tap into the Collective Mind to Transform Healthcare
WEBApr 25, 2019 · At its best, machine learning can tap into the collective experience of nearly all clinicians, providing a single doctor with the experience of millions of similar cases to make informed decisions. At its worst, AI could promote unsafe practices, amplify societal bias, overpromise on deliveries, and lose the trust of physicians and patients alike.
The New Indiana Jones? AI. Here’s How It’s Overhauling Archaeology
WEBMay 7, 2020 · AI. Here’s How It’s Overhauling Archaeology. By Peter Rejcek. May 7, 2020. Archaeologists have uncovered scores of long-abandoned settlements along coastal Madagascar that reveal environmental connections to modern-day communities. They have detected the nearly indiscernible bumps of earthen mounds …
Scientists Are Working Towards a Unified Theory of Consciousness
WEBMay 20, 2024 · Scientists Are Working Towards a Unified Theory of Consciousness. The origin of consciousness has teased the minds of philosophers and scientists for centuries. In the last decade, neuroscientists have begun to piece together its neural underpinnings—that is, how the brain, through its intricate …
3 Major Materials Science Breakthroughs—and Why They Matter …
WEBMay 21, 2020 · In robotics, new materials are helping us create the artificial muscles needed for humanoid, soft robots—think Westworld in your world. Let’s unpack some of the leading materials science breakthroughs of the past decade. (1) Lithium-ion batteries. The lithium-ion battery, which today powers everything from …
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WEBAug 29, 2024 · The Secret to a Long, Healthy Life Is in the Genes of the Oldest Humans Alive. Shelly Fan - August 10, 2020. Stay ahead of the powerful new technologies rapidly remaking our world with news coverage and feature articles on Singularity Hub’s top technology topics.
AI Models Scaled Up 10,000x Are Possible by 2030, Report Says
WEBAug 29, 2024 · AI Models Scaled Up 10,000x Are Possible by 2030, Report Says. By Jason Dorrier. August 29, 2024. Recent progress in AI largely boils down to one thing: Scale. Around the beginning of this decade, AI labs noticed that making their algorithms—or models—ever bigger and feeding them more data consistently led to enormous improvements in what ...